In Support of Black Lives: An Anthology for Change

Like many people when they saw the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of police, I was shocked, appalled, and unsurprised. I was disgusted at how unsurprised I was. This has happened far too often to be truly shocking anymore.

They Don’t Really Care About Us

“I am the voice of the accused and the attacked. I am the voice of everyone. I am the skinhead, I am the Jew, I am the black man, I am the white man. I am not the one who was attacking. It is about the injustices to young people and how the system can wrongfully accuse them. I am angry and outraged that I could be so misinterpreted.” – Micheal Jackson

Why Adults Should Do More Arts ‘n Crafts

Something occurred to me the other week, when I was hotly debating with my seven year-old student about whose turn it was to use the red play-dough…

Words We’ve Nicked from Other Languages- 5

‘BOURGEOIS’ While today ‘bourgeois’ means a self-made, wealthy, middle-class person, in the old days it emerged from the French word ‘burgeis’, meaning ‘townsperson’. Karl Marx popularised the term, and there is a popular misconception he used the word to negatively label the upper classes- NOT SO! However, the myth persists. Even though Marx only ever…

‘I’m Wishing’ in Snow White is Everything My Childhood Didn’t Need

When you think about Disney’s Snow White, you probably think about that iconic final shot of Snow and her Unnamed Prince riding into the sunset.

My opinion of the movie used to be like that.

Creativity in Captivity: Top 5 Books for Uninspired Writers

It’s hard to have ideas when you haven’t got outside influences to inspire you. Here are the best books for when you want to write during quarantine but can’t figure out what to write about.

50 Motivational Quotes to Get Writing and Keep Writing

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” -Toni Morrison

Book Review: On Writing

‘On Writing’ by Stephen King is the writer’s bible, and for good reason.

Killed for her Brain: Hypatia

What would you do, if you could travel back in time? Would you kill baby Hitler? Learn art from Picasso, invite Da Vinci over to dinner? Smack Thomas Edison in the face until he begs Nikola Tesla for forgiveness? A friend of mine has the best answer to this question: ‘That’s easy,’ He sniffs, pushing…

The Best of the Writing Community (#1)

Hello, fellow writers! Welcome to the Best of the Writing Community! Whether you’re new to writing or just new to writing with social media attached, the next steps for you are going to be daunting. I’m still fairly new to this stuff myself, but that’s why I want to share with you the Best of…

Words We Nicked from Other Languages- 4

‘BIJOU’ Meaning ‘Jewel’ in French, adapted from ‘bizou’, meaning ‘ring for the finger’ (don’t ask where else the French wear their rings). By the 1550s, the French had swapped the ‘z’ for a ‘j’ and adapted the meaning. By the late 1600s ‘bijou’ swam across the channel and was adopted by the Brits. Of course,…

You NEED to Read ‘Art Matters’ (Neil Gaiman)

What the title says.